Networks & cross-borderNext

Offer a mobile money interface partners already know.

A GSMA-shaped mobile money interface.

Next. Mobile money API is built and on its way to Live. Tell us if you need it, and we'll tell you honestly when it will be ready for you.

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Why it matters

What it will change.

Mobile money partners and aggregators expect a familiar interface: transfers, merchant payments, balances and name lookups shaped the same way everywhere.

The mobile money API on Bridge will offer an interface shaped on the GSMA Mobile Money API, mapped to Bridge accounts and payments, so partners integrate with what they already know.

It is built and on its way. It carries no conformance certification.

How it works

Step by step.

  1. Onboard the partner

    API credentials and an access token.

  2. Look up and quote

    Confirm the account holder and quote the transfer.

  3. Move money

    Transfers, merchant payments and refunds.

  4. Recover state

    Poll a request's state if a response goes missing.

What it will do

Built in, not bolted on.

Name lookup

Confirm who holds an account before paying.

Transfers

Peer-to-peer and cross-provider credits.

Merchant payments

Payer-initiated and request-to-pay.

Reversals

Reverse or refund a payment.

Balances

Balance, transactions and statements.

State recovery

Find out what happened to a request that timed out.

  • A mobile money interface shaped on the GSMA Mobile Money API
Use cases

How businesses could use it.

Illustrative businesses, not customers. Figures are made up to show the flow.

A payments aggregator in Lagos · Fintechs & neobanks

Aggregator integration

The aggregator already integrates mobile money providers through the same interface and wants to add a bank's wallets.

  1. The aggregator will connect with its existing client
  2. Name lookups and transfers will map to Bridge accounts

A new provider will be added without a new integration.

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A retail chain in Kano · Merchants & e-commerce

Request-to-pay at shops

The chain wants to send payment requests to customers' wallets at the till.

  1. The till will send a request to pay
  2. The customer will approve on their phone
  3. The payment will complete or expire

Customers will pay from their wallet at the till.

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An online store in Abuja · Merchants & e-commerce

Refunds the same way

Refunds to wallets were manual transfers with no link to the original payment.

  1. Refunds will reference the original payment
  2. The customer's wallet will be credited

Refunds will trace to the payment they reverse.

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What it won't do

Honest limits.

  • It carries no conformance certification.

Questions about mobile money API

Is it available now?

Not yet. It is built and on its way.

Does the GSMA certify it?

No. It is shaped on the GSMA Mobile Money API and carries no certification.

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